Soap product and method of making same



Patented'Jan. 10, 1933 UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH HI DY JAMES, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB TO CLARENCE P BYRNES, TRUSTEE, F SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA SOAP PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME i No Drawing. Original application filed February 3, 1922, Serial No. 583,986. Divided and this application filed Kay 7, 1929.

This case forms a divisional art of my application Serial No. 533,986, led February 3,- 1922, for composition of matter and method of making thesame now Patent No.

1,716,272 of June 4, 1920. A part of that specification is as follows:

In certain copending applications mcluding Serial N o. 27 2,567, filed January 22, 1919,

and Serial No. 435,355, filed J anuary' 6, 1921,

I have described rocesses for the partial combustion of alip atic hydrocarbons in the presence of catalysts by which valuable partial combustion products are obtained. In

carrying out the said process, I pass a heated mixture of mineral oil vapor and air in the proper proportions through a catalytlc material, such as the blue oxides of moly enum,

while maintaining the reaction zone at a temperature of from about 230 C. to about 500 0., steam being added or not as desired. The

temperature will vary with the distillate used and also in accordance with the other factors, such as the air ratio, kind of catalyst used, etc. The material thus treated is then condensed and the material condensed contalns products in the range from alcohol to alde-- In my application Serial No. 435,355,

above referred to, I also disclose the applying of:said partial oxidation prdcess to the.

cracked products of petroleum fractions, especially in the producing of motor spirit or flotation oil. As disclosed in said application, the cracking may be carriedout at atmospheric pressures or under higher pressures and temperatures, either in the liquid I or vapor phase, and with or without a cata lySt.

I have found that the product of said process is or may be formed into a. desirable fuel for internal combustion engines, and I will I now describe my preferred method of treating the same,it being understood that I am Serial No. 361,251.

not liniited to this example in my broader claims.

I distil the condensed product of said process preferably up to about 300, the residue in the still consisting of the heavier compounds. This residue is a lubricant and may also be treated to form, lubricants. It may also be made into soaps and other products of industrial value. The distilled product having an end point of preferably about 300 is then agitated with a volatile fuel, such as alcohol or benzol. The volatile or atomiz able fuel which is added is preferably of such a nature as to dissolve at least a portion of the distilled portion of the original product,'and I preferably add as much of said product as will pass into solution in the said volatile fuel.- If alcohol is used for this urpose, two layers will usually be formed.

ne layer consists of the dissolved product, which may be drawn off, and is then ready for use as a liquid fuel for combustion en-' gines. The other layer, which consists mainly of hydrocarbons, may then be taken and passed through the original partial combustion process to convert it into the artially oxidized product which may then be again treated as above. 1 p

In forming this improved fuel, I preferably remove the aldehyde fatty acids present after distillation, as for example, by con- I verting them; into soapsand removing the soap so formed. This, however, is not a .necessary step and may or may not be carried out as desiredr If employed, it is, of course, used prior to mixing with the volatile fuel.

' Instead of using alcohol, such as denatured alcohol, to dissolve my product, or a distilled .portion thereof, I may employ; another solvent, such as benzol, for this purpose. In this case, I agitate the mixture of benzol. and said product to make a substantially, complete solution V v The follopnng experimentswill serve to show' the blending ranges possible in dis- .7 Per cent Oxidized kerosene "1--- 66% Benzal .V.; Denatured alcohol; 16

(5)'Taking a mixture consisting of two pzrts'of denatured alcohol and one part of nzol, it wasfound that solution of the oxidized kerosene took place perfectly up to three parts, making the composition of the final solution 7 Per cent Oxidized kerosene; -4 Denatured alcohol; 1. 33 ,4;

Benzol; 16 l This divisional part of said application relates to claims on fractioning the condensed product, as for example, by distillin treating the fraction thus produced, y saponification or other treatment to convert at least a portion of said fractioninto another chemical 30m ound or compounds.

In fractionmg of said condensed material, as b distilling the different bodies contained in t e condensed mixture are not separated from each "other as to classes, but each fraction contains a number oi different classes, such as alcohols, aldehydes, anhydrides, etc, those in one fraction differing from those of another fraction the average molecular weight of said fraction. Some of the fractions will contain more of the oxygenated organic acids than others, but, in general, the composition of the difi'erent "fractions .will not difl'er from each other materially as to the main classes of substances contained, the diflerent iractions differing in the molecular weights of the bodies contained, and hence in the average molecular weight thereof. By the term hydrocarbons in the claims, I intendto include either hydrocarbons containing only hydrogen and carbon,

or oxygen derivatives including hydrogen,

carbon and oxygen.

I claim: r W 7 1. As a new article of manuacture, a soap formed by saponification of a fraction of a liquid product pf the partial oxidation of hydrocarbons.

2. In the treatment ot a liquid partial oximy hand. JOSEPH HIDY JAMES.

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